John Grogan

John Grogan has been a Labour MP since 1997, the first ever Labour candidate to represent the Selby constituency. Grogan is the leader of the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group the largest all party group in Westminster and a member the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee, since July 2004. He also is a paid columnist for the Alcohol Industry trade publication The Morning Advertiser. According to parlimentary register of members interests Grogan makes several overseas trips each year his 2007 entry included:

Overseas visits

4-8 January 2007, to Lebanon and Syria to visit Parliaments. Travel and accommodation funded by the Anglo-Arab Organisation. (Registered 29 January 2007)

18-20 February 2007, to Kiev, to address conference organised by East West Institute on the role of the opposition in Ukraine. Travel and accommodation paid for by East West Institute. (Registered 23 March 2007)

27-30 May 2007, to Syria as a member of a UK parliamentary delegation to meet government ministers, parliamentarians and business leaders. Flights, hospitality and accommodation paid by the British Syrian Society. (Registered 13 June 2007)

Membership of Parliamentary Groups

• Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary BBC Group
• Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group
• Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Mongolia Group
• Secretary of the All-Party Parliamentary Coalfield Communities Group
• Secretary of the All-Party Parliamentary Flood Prevention Group
• Treasurer of the All-Party Parliamentary University Group
• Member of the House of Commons Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee